brain cell vs the universe
The Plant: My Beer Feeds Your Fish!
http://youtu.be/zMBxJTQqnRI Whole Foods' $100,000 loan will help the three-year-old company expand into a 90,000-square-foot building, providing the urban farm with another 150,000 square foot of vertical growing space and creating about 200 jobs. The vertical farm also grows produce, which it's been selling to Whole Foods stores in the Chicago area since 2011. The expansion... Continue Reading →
Occupy Wall Street campaigners buy-up debt to abolish it (video)
Occupy Wall Street campaigners buy-up debt to abolish it As a test run the group spent $500 on distressed debt, buying $14,000 worth of outstanding loans Photo: Reuters The Rolling Jubilee project is seeking donations to help it buy-up distressed debts, including student loans and outstanding medical bills, and then wipe the slate clean by writing them off.Individuals or... Continue Reading →
OneLeap aims to bring social entrepreneurs and serious investors together
OneLeap aims to bring social entrepreneurs and serious investors togetherThe world is brimming with good ideas, but presenting them to the people who are in a position to make them happen presents a formidable challenge. OneLeap, launched earlier this year, is a web-based networking platform designed to fix this situation by bridging the gap between... Continue Reading →
Fourteen Propaganda Techniques Fox “News” Uses to Brainwash Americans
Fourteen Propaganda Techniques Fox "News" Uses to Brainwash Americans1. Panic Mongering. This goes one step beyond simple fear mongering. With panic mongering, there is never a break from the fear. The idea is to terrify and terrorize the audience during every waking moment. From Muslims to swine flu to recession to homosexuals to immigrants to the... Continue Reading →
If 47% Don’t Pay Taxes, Let’s Tax Churches
If 47% Don't Pay Taxes, Let's Tax ChurchesSt. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church - Pennsylvania (Photo credit: Dougtone)With all the talk about who pays taxes, it’s worth shaking up conventional wisdom. Re-examining fundamentals—like the tax exemption afforded churches—can be downright liberating. We may have a hard time criticizing a church or religion, but taxing them might... Continue Reading →
Farming goes vertical at Green Sky Farm
Farming goes vertical at Green Sky FarmIn a small room near the Flagstaff Pulliam Airport, Ron Brewster and Yosef Bender are taking steps to protect your dinner plate from natural disasters and terrorist attacks.In a warehouse with no windows, the two men have begun to transform a barren space into a lush garden with nutrient-rich... Continue Reading →
Chinese Plant Compound Wipes out Cancer in 40 Days, Says New Research
Chinese Plant Compound Wipes out Cancer in 40 Days, Says New Research Read more: http://naturalsociety.com/chinese-plant-compound-cancer-research/#ixzz2Blw487xKA little-known plant with a truly bizarre name is now making headlines as a cancer killer, with the compound of the plant vanishing tumors in mice with pancreatic cancer. Known as the ‘thunder god vine’ or lei gong teng, the Chinese... Continue Reading →
Dalai Lama congratulates Obama
Dalai Lama congratulates Obama ReutersThe Nobel Peace laureate, in a message, said: "I am very appreciative of your support for our middle-way approach, which I continue to believe is the best way for us to ensure a solution that is beneficial for both Tibetans and Chinese.""Given the recently deteriorating situation in Tibet, of which the... Continue Reading →
Internet of food: Arduino-based, urban aquaponics in Oakland
http://youtu.be/3IryIOyPfTE The land in West Oakland where Eric Maundu is trying to farm is covered with freeways, roads, light rail and parking lots so there's not much arable land and the soil is contaminated. So Maundu doesn't use soil. Instead he's growing plants using fish and circulating water. It's called aquaponics- a gardening system that... Continue Reading →
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